Lesson 9 - Always on Time!
If Christ, the Messiah, was to be “cut off” or crucified in the middle of this last week—or half way through the last seven-year period—He must be crucified three and a half years from 27 A.D. The following chart helps to clarify the year.
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2,300 Years
Sanctuary Cleansed Daniel 8:14
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Three and one-half years from the fall of 27 A.D. takes us precisely to the spring of 31 A.D. Daniel’s prophecy has been fulfilled exactly! Christ was crucified on time in the spring of the year on the exact day of the Passover. Jesus, our Passover, was crucified for us. He died for us. He shed His blood for us. He provided mercy and forgiveness for us. God’s mercy for the Jewish race lingered still. For three and a half more years, He appealed to His people. In the fall of 34 A.D., the apostle Stephen made his final appeal for the Jewish nation to repent. The Jewish leaders not only rejected the appeal, they stoned Stephen. At the death of Stephen, the gospel went to the Gentiles. Individual Jews can still be saved, but now God works through a new “Israel”—the Christian church. The church, the body of Christ, is also His bride. We are a chosen people, a royal priesthood of New Testament believers (1 Peter 2:9).
The first portion of our prophecy, the 490 years, applies to the first coming of Christ. It reveals a loving Saviour who came on time.
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If the first 490 years of the 2,300 years comes to an end in 34 A.D., this leaves 1,810 years remaining. From 34 A.D., 1,810 years takes us to the year 1844 A.D.
In 1844, God’s great prophetic time clock struck the hour. Since 1844, we have been living in the judgment hour. We are living at the end of time. The destiny of the entire human race is soon to be settled.
Since Christ gives each person his or her reward when He comes (see Matthew 16:27, 28), there must be a judgment prior to His coming to determine what reward each person is to receive. This is the most exciting time in human history! Heaven’s final judgment is now in progress.
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